News Archive

Pick 4 offered on races 6 through 9 at Big M
January 15, 2009
A trio of hefty long shots late in the Meadowlands Wednesday card produced a $32,239 Pick 4 carryover heading into Thursday night.  Offered nightly on races six through nine, the Pick 4 features a low 15 percent takeout and nightly guaranteed pools [$25,000 Wednesday – Friday and $50,000 Saturd
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Super Bowl sweep for Sears, Wilfong
January 15, 2009
Driver Brian Sears and trainer Brett Wilfong teamed for a Super Bowl Series double on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, sweeping divisions of the trotting series with Supreme Victor (1:58.4) and Lookin' Ahead (1:57). Three other splits were won by Diamond Hunter (1:57.2), Smartchip (1:57.1)&n
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A winning Party at Dover Downs
January 15, 2009
Dingy's Party closed between horse in deep stretch to scored a 1:55.4 victory in the $26,000 Open Trot, one of four wins for driver Jim Morand, on Wednesday at Dover Downs. Morand sent Dingy's Party from far back on the backstretch moving three wide at the three quarters and then darted between h
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Beback wins five on Buffalo opener
January 15, 2009
Trainer-driver Ron Beback Jr. won five races here at Buffalo Raceway to kick off the 67th season of harness racing here in Hamburg, N.Y.   A nice opening night crowd saw Beback win the first race with Blue Tees ($3.60) for owner James T. Dunn of Singer Island, Fla. Then in race three, Beback
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Western Fair pylon race winner dq'd by Board of Appeal
January 15, 2009
The order of finish in a Western Fair race last October in which the winning horse traveled within the pylons for an extended period of time around the last turn and through the stretch but was not disqualified that night by the track stewards has been changed by the Ontario Racing Industry Boa
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Muscles Yankee, Miss Easy heading to Goshen
January 15, 2009
Stanley Bergstein, chairman of the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, has announced Muscles Yankee and Miss Easy have been elected into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.   Annual members (in good standing) voted for the
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Former California racing leader Shapiro a Madoff victim
January 15, 2009
According to news reports, Richard Shapiro, former chairman of the California Horse Racing Board and the son of Marvin Shapiro, who operated harness meets at Western Harness Racing at Hollywood Park, has revealed that he has been "devastated" financially by the $50-billion Ponzi scheme orchestr
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Fox Valley Topaz Illinois Horse of the Year
January 15, 2009
Breeders Crown champion Fox Valley Topaz has been named Illinois Horse of the Year for 2008. Bred by Fox Valley Standardbreds, owned by the Engel and Rucker Stables and trained by Kenneth Rucker, the 2-year-old daughter of Sportsmaster won 10 of 15 starts, took a mark of 1:52.1 and earned $628,880 l
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2008 Driver of the Year returning to sulky
January 15, 2009
Tim Tetrick told harnessracing.com Thursday afternoon that he received his doctor’s approval earlier in the day to begin driving again after having hip replacement surgery in early December and that he will climb back into the sulky Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Tetrick said he will slowly work
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Ontario court dismisses WEG appeal of Elliott ruling
January 15, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group’s (WEG) appeal in regard to its rejecting of horses trained by Bill Elliott and owned by Bob Hamather, Lloyd Nicholson, Gary Smith and Geoffrey Mount was dismissed Wednesday by the Court of Appeal for Ontario.   WEG had barred horses trained by Elliott after one o
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